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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Wasn’t she an unknown, while they were all famous stars, though?

    The same happens today.

    “The cast of Moana earned a total of $56 million. Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced the title character, made $200,000. Dwayne Johnson, who voiced Maui, earned $21 million. Temuera Morrison, who voiced Moana’s father, earned $2 million.”

    I’m not excusing any of the ways they abused Garland. But it made her a star and she earned far more in future roles, just like Cravalho now commands a much higher salary.


  • Here’s the difference.

    The Democrats are diverse. You’ve got some true believers who want universal basic income and free medicare for all. You’ve got right-leaning centrists who want lower taxes and less regulation, but they’re not as socially conservative as Republicans. You’ve got some who vote their conscience, and others who are corrupt. It’s difficult to get them all to agree, but when they find common ground, their ideas are generally pretty popular with the people (Obamacare, the Infrastructure deal, etc.).

    The Republicans have no platform. They have no plan. They have no consistent views. They have no desire to govern constructively whatsoever. The very few things they can agree on and get done, like conservative judges and banning abortion, are extremely unpopular and set the country back.

    You really think there’s no difference between the two parties? The difference has never been larger, ever.



  • I think there are two distinct groups of people:

    About half of Trump supporters just love him. They share some of the same personality traits. They believe in conspiracy theories. They’re mad at the world. They want to “own the libs”. They’re not very educated, they’re very tribal.

    The other half do not like his personality at all, but they don’t care because he’s effective and they like his policies. He’s a means to an end. These are the ones that are hurting the country so much more. They know that he’s destroying the political system and they don’t care, because they’ll get what they want. They support Trump over DeSantis not because they like Trump as a person, but because they think Trump has the best chance of winning.